Bill Status - 2023 Regular Session
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There are 68 bill(s) regarding Natural Resources
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 4 | Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 8, 2023) | ||
| SB 27 | Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 40 | Providing waiver of fees for emergency responders disabled in line of duty for hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 75 | Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 96 | Timber Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 106 | Protecting albino deer | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 109 | Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| SB 157 | Clarifying and expanding powers and duties of director of Coalfield Community Development Office | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 161 | Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property | Signed | Effective from passage - (January 20, 2023) | ||
| SB 162 | Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration | Signed | Effective from passage - (January 20, 2023) | ||
| SB 183 | Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 190 | Allowing children and grandchildren of WV landowner to hunt and fish on private land without permit or license | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 200 | Allowing leashed dogs to track wounded elk, turkey, and wild boar when hunting | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 202 | Increasing terms of Natural Resources Commission members from four to seven years | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/30/23 |
| SB 210 | Providing that all coal severance tax shall be provided to county that produced coal | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| SB 260 | Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| SB 285 | Creating WV Coal Marketing Program | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 287 | Prohibiting turkey hunting with rifle | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 447 | Providing tax credit to certain disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/08/23 |
| SB 468 | Continuing Cabwaylingo State Forest Trail System | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 493 | Exempting WV veterans from certain fees and charges at state parks | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| SB 629 | Establishing auto-renewal program for wildlife licenses | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/21/23 |
| SB 671 | Modifying e-bike regulations | Pending | Senate Outdoor Recreation | Committee | 02/17/23 |
| SB 689 | Establishing resident and nonresident wildlife viewing stamps | Pending | Senate Agriculture | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| SB 690 | Allocating funds to WV Motorsports Committee | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| SB 699 | Allocating funds to WV Flatwater Trails Commission | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| SB 701 | Updating administration and requirements of Managed Timberland Program | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| HB 2055 | Exempt unmined rare earth metals and elements from taxation | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2062 | Establish rules and regulations for e-bikes in West Virginia that more closely comport to federal law | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 28, 2023) | ||
| HB 2095 | Relating to wild and wonderful restoration Task Force | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2169 | Provide valuation limitations to the Tax Commissioner for coal properties and to clarify the penalty for non-filers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| HB 2170 | Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2174 | Standardize gas and oil contracts | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2198 | To modify the E-bike legislation in West Virginia Code | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2254 | Natural Gas Electric Generation Development Act | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2275 | Creating the Intrastate Coal and Use Act | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2288 | Allowing disabled persons to operate small electric vehicles on the Greenbrier Trail | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2296 | Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2309 | To require the Division of Forestry to create an online renewal process no later than July 1, 2023 | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2023) | ||
| HB 2314 | Providing property tax relief to rare earth industries | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2365 | Creating a hunter access program for private landowners to enter an agreement with the state to allow hunters to use their property | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2369 | To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2450 | Relating to tax credit for disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing license | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2479 | Relating to rules for hunting antlered deer | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2553 | Expand the scope of hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits provided to former members of the United States Armed forces | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/13/23 |
| HB 2556 | Eliminating fees for hunting and fishing licenses for military retirees. | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| HB 2569 | Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2023) | ||
| HB 2574 | Relating to warrantless entry of private lands | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| HB 2575 | To expand recreational benefits to West Virginia Landowners to promote land ownership within the State, increase property value, bolster the State economy, and to provide additional benefits to West Virginia taxpayers | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/16/23 |
| HB 2614 | Relating generally to hunting and fishing | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| HB 2620 | To create a new hunting license stamp for upland game bird | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/17/23 |
| HB 2783 | To remove primates as a dangerous wild animal | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| HB 2796 | To exempt daylight fluorescent outer garments from sales | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| HB 2818 | Make first day of gun season for deer to Saturday before Thanksgiving holiday | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/19/23 |
| HB 2839 | Making a technical correction regarding an incorrect fund name and clarifying applicability to mine lands governed by SMCRA and the Abandoned Mine Lands Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2023) | ||
| HB 2975 | Electric charging stations at state parks must charge market rates | Pending | House Energy | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 3102 | Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3122 | Permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 24, 2023) | ||
| HB 3124 | To allow non-resident students enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities to purchase their hunting and fishing licenses at the resident rate. | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3147 | To create the Upper Ohio Valley Trail Network | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| HB 3280 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/28/23 |
| HB 3290 | To clarify privileges for senior license holders for hunting and fishing | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/03/23 |
| HB 3294 | Ensuring future economic development with limitations, excise tax, and registration requirements of carbon offset agreements | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/23 |
| HB 3303 | Clarifying and expanding the powers and duties of the director of the Coalfield Community Development Office | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| HB 3312 | Provide that all coal severance tax go to the county that produced the coal | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/07/23 |
| HB 3438 | To establish an auto-renewal licensing program that is eligible for discounts on licensing fees | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| HB 3442 | Creating of the Mountain Bike Responsibility Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/23 |
| HB 3544 | Offering a tax credit to property owners who provide lease land to the state for access for bike trails and rafting/kayaking | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/23 |